Josh Sanderson shows you what it's like to be a Lobbyist, why he loves his job and what steps you need to take if you would like to be a Lobbyist too!

published:24 Feb 2016

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published:29 Oct 2016

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Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

published:10 Sep 2012

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Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
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READ Ezra Levant's bestselling books debunking environmentalist propaganda against the energy industry:
Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
https://tinyurl.com/LevantGroundswell
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

published:24 May 2016

views:4703

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
*Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwawq3/oil-lobbyists-thunderbird-strike-videogame-promotes-ecoterrorism
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published:28 Nov 2017

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SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
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We demand the United Nations end their blacklist of Canadian journalists who don’t agree with their climate alarmism.
http://www.LetUsReport.com

Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
Read more here:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417489-zinke-blames-environmental-radicals-for-deadly-california-fires
"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on environmentalists, contending that they stood in the way of clearing brush, doing prescribed burns and other actions."
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published:21 Nov 2018

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Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
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published:20 Nov 2018

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What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives. One of the focus themes in the environmental skeptics movement is the idea that environmentalism is a growing threat to social and economic progress and the civil liberties.
The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg approached environmental claims from a statistical and economic standpoint, and concluded that often the claims made by environmentalists were overstated. Lomborg argued, on the basis of cost–benefit analysis, that few environmentalist claims warranted serious concern. However, in 2010, Lomborg reversed his position and he now agrees with "tens of billions of dollars a year to be invested in tackling climate change" and declared global warming to be "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront". He summarized his position, saying "Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world."
Environmentalist organizations and lobbies argue that such widespread skeptical doubts have not developed independently, but have been "encouraged by lobbying and PR campaigns financed by the polluting industries". Supporters of environmentalists argue that "skepticism" implies a form of denialism, and that, in the US particularly, "large donations to Senators and Congressmen and sponsored neoliberal think tanks and contrarian scientific research. ExxonMobil, the oil major, has been accused by Friends of the Earth and others of giving millions of dollars to a long list of think-tanks and lobbyists opposed to Kyoto."
A recent study from progressive authors about the environmental skepticism movement claim that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970s were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with right-wing think tanks. They "conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection." The skeptical environmental counter-movement is a civic problem and in dealing with the propositions for the counter-movement people who are not skeptics are forced to reach down the bedrock issues of epistemology, identities, and other core work for politics.

Lobbying

Lobbying (also lobby) is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator's constituencies, meaning a voter or block of voters within his or her electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job (for instance, a CEO meeting with a representative about a project important to his/her company, or an activist meeting with his/her legislator in an unpaid capacity). Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential.

Synopsis

Lobbyist centers around a fictional love story caught in the real-world scenario of international politics, secret weapons trading, and deadly lobbying activities.

Kang Tae-hyuk is a successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. His exploits take him to the United States where he deals with the mafia. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia.

Ana Kasparian

Anahit Misak Kasparian (Armenian:Անահիտ Միսաք Գասպարեան, pronounced[ɑnɑˈhid miˈsɑkʰ kʰɑsbɑˈɾjɑn]; born July 7 1986) is an American political pundit and the co-host and producer for the online news showThe Young Turks. Kasparian began working as a fill-in producer for The Young Turks in 2007, and is now co-host of the main show and host of The Point on the TYT Network. She also appeared on the TV version of the show that aired on Current TV.

Cenk Uygur

Cenk Kadir Uygur (/ˈdʒɛŋkˈjuːɡər/, Turkish pronunciation:[ˈdʒɛɲc ˈujɡur]; born March 21, 1970) is an American columnist, political commentator and activist. Uygur is the main host and co-founder of the American liberal/progressive political and social internet commentary program, The Young Turks (TYT) and the co-founder of the associated TYT Network. He worked as an attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York before beginning his career as a political commentator. As a young man, Uygur espoused socially conservative views, criticizing feminism, abortion, and affirmative action. He is now a progressive.

In addition to hosting TYT, Uygur appeared on MSNBC as a political commentator in 2010, later hosting a weeknight commentary show on the channel for nearly six months until being replaced by Al Sharpton. Shortly after leaving MSNBC, Uygur secured a show on Current TV that aired from December 5, 2011 to August 15, 2013. Uygur was from 2012 to 2013 the chief news officer of Current TV, succeeding Keith Olbermann following his departure from the cable television network until Current was acquired by Al Jazeera Media Network.

How to Become a Lobbyist

Josh Sanderson shows you what it's like to be a Lobbyist, why he loves his job and what steps you need to take if you would like to be a Lobbyist too!

2:00

Environmental Lobbying

Environmental Lobbying

Environmental Lobbying

2:08

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel
http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
READ Ezra Levant's bestselling books debunking environmentalist propaganda against the energy industry:
Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
https://tinyurl.com/LevantGroundswell
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

5:46

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
*Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwawq3/oil-lobbyists-thunderbird-strike-videogame-promotes-ecoterrorism
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4:19

Environment Ministry lobbying up 5000% since 2014! Here's why

Environment Ministry lobbying up 5000% since 2014! Here's why

Environment Ministry lobbying up 5000% since 2014! Here's why

SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
The Petition
We demand the United Nations end their blacklist of Canadian journalists who don’t agree with their climate alarmism.
http://www.LetUsReport.com

"Environmental Radicals" Blamed For Wildfires

Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
Read more here:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417489-zinke-blames-environmental-radicals-for-deadly-california-fires
"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on environmentalists, contending that they stood in the way of clearing brush, doing prescribed burns and other actions."
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian
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4:00

Trump Officially Nominates Coal Lobbyist To Head EPA

Trump Officially Nominates Coal Lobbyist To Head EPA

Trump Officially Nominates Coal Lobbyist To Head EPA

Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!: https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire
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3:36

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives. One of the focus themes in the environmental skeptics movement is the idea that environmentalism is a growing threat to social and economic progress and the civil liberties.
The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg approached environmental claims from a statistical and economic standpoint, and concluded that often the claims made by environmentalists were overstated. Lomborg argued, on the basis of cost–benefit analysis, that few environmentalist claims warranted serious concern. However, in 2010, Lomborg reversed his position and he now agrees with "tens of billions of dollars a year to be invested in tackling climate change" and declared global warming to be "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront". He summarized his position, saying "Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world."
Environmentalist organizations and lobbies argue that such widespread skeptical doubts have not developed independently, but have been "encouraged by lobbying and PR campaigns financed by the polluting industries". Supporters of environmentalists argue that "skepticism" implies a form of denialism, and that, in the US particularly, "large donations to Senators and Congressmen and sponsored neoliberal think tanks and contrarian scientific research. ExxonMobil, the oil major, has been accused by Friends of the Earth and others of giving millions of dollars to a long list of think-tanks and lobbyists opposed to Kyoto."
A recent study from progressive authors about the environmental skepticism movement claim that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970s were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with right-wing think tanks. They "conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection." The skeptical environmental counter-movement is a civic problem and in dealing with the propositions for the counter-movement people who are not skeptics are forced to reach down the bedrock issues of epistemology, identities, and other core work for politics.

Environmental Democracy Index Launch

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and public participation in environmental decision making. The launch event will explore key trends across 70 countries assessed and how these results can support efforts to strengthen environmental democracy around the world.

2:23

talktoeu: How seriously does the EU take the environmental lobby?

talktoeu: How seriously does the EU take the environmental lobby?

talktoeu: How seriously does the EU take the environmental lobby?

Our environmental NGO event in Dublin raised some good questions including this one where a member of the audience asks how seriously the EU takes the environmental lobby.

How to Become a Lobbyist

Josh Sanderson shows you what it's like to be a Lobbyist, why he loves his job and what steps you need to take if you would like to be a Lobbyist too!

published: 24 Feb 2016

Environmental Lobbying

published: 29 Oct 2016

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel
http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
READ Ezra Levant's bestselling books debunking environmentalist propaganda against the energy industry:
Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
https://tinyurl.com/LevantGroundswell
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

published: 24 May 2016

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
*Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwawq3/oil-lobbyists-thunderbird-strike-videogame-promotes-ecoterrorism
NerdAlert is a talk and discu...

published: 28 Nov 2017

Environment Ministry lobbying up 5000% since 2014! Here's why

SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
The Petition
We demand the United Nations end their blacklist of Canadian journalists who don’t agree with their climate alarmism.
http://www.LetUsReport.com

"Environmental Radicals" Blamed For Wildfires

Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
Read more here:
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417489-zinke-blames-environmental-radicals-for-deadly-california-fires
"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on enviro...

published: 21 Nov 2018

Trump Officially Nominates Coal Lobbyist To Head EPA

Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!: https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire
Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment...

published: 20 Nov 2018

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to...

Environmental Democracy Index Launch

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and public participation in environmental decision making. The launch event will explore key trends across 70 countries assessed and how these results can support efforts to strengthen environmental democracy around the world.

published: 21 May 2015

talktoeu: How seriously does the EU take the environmental lobby?

Our environmental NGO event in Dublin raised some good questions including this one where a member of the audience asks how seriously the EU takes the environmental lobby.

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in ...

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
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Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
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Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
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Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
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Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politici...

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
*Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwawq3/oil-lobbyists-thunderbird-strike-videogame-promotes-ecoterrorism
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ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
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SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
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SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
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Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
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"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on environmentalists, contending that they stood in the way of clearing brush, doing prescribed burns and other actions."
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Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
Read more here:
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"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on environmentalists, contending that they stood in the way of clearing brush, doing prescribed burns and other actions."
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Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
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Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
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What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives. One of the focus themes in the environmental skeptics movement is the idea that environmentalism is a growing threat to social and economic progress and the civil liberties.
The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg approached environmental claims from a statistical and economic standpoint, and concluded that often the claims made by environmentalists were overstated. Lomborg argued, on the basis of cost–benefit analysis, that few environmentalist claims warranted serious concern. However, in 2010, Lomborg reversed his position and he now agrees with "tens of billions of dollars a year to be invested in tackling climate change" and declared global warming to be "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront". He summarized his position, saying "Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world."
Environmentalist organizations and lobbies argue that such widespread skeptical doubts have not developed independently, but have been "encouraged by lobbying and PR campaigns financed by the polluting industries". Supporters of environmentalists argue that "skepticism" implies a form of denialism, and that, in the US particularly, "large donations to Senators and Congressmen and sponsored neoliberal think tanks and contrarian scientific research. ExxonMobil, the oil major, has been accused by Friends of the Earth and others of giving millions of dollars to a long list of think-tanks and lobbyists opposed to Kyoto."
A recent study from progressive authors about the environmental skepticism movement claim that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970s were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with right-wing think tanks. They "conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection." The skeptical environmental counter-movement is a civic problem and in dealing with the propositions for the counter-movement people who are not skeptics are forced to reach down the bedrock issues of epistemology, identities, and other core work for politics.

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives. One of the focus themes in the environmental skeptics movement is the idea that environmentalism is a growing threat to social and economic progress and the civil liberties.
The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg approached environmental claims from a statistical and economic standpoint, and concluded that often the claims made by environmentalists were overstated. Lomborg argued, on the basis of cost–benefit analysis, that few environmentalist claims warranted serious concern. However, in 2010, Lomborg reversed his position and he now agrees with "tens of billions of dollars a year to be invested in tackling climate change" and declared global warming to be "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront". He summarized his position, saying "Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world."
Environmentalist organizations and lobbies argue that such widespread skeptical doubts have not developed independently, but have been "encouraged by lobbying and PR campaigns financed by the polluting industries". Supporters of environmentalists argue that "skepticism" implies a form of denialism, and that, in the US particularly, "large donations to Senators and Congressmen and sponsored neoliberal think tanks and contrarian scientific research. ExxonMobil, the oil major, has been accused by Friends of the Earth and others of giving millions of dollars to a long list of think-tanks and lobbyists opposed to Kyoto."
A recent study from progressive authors about the environmental skepticism movement claim that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970s were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with right-wing think tanks. They "conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection." The skeptical environmental counter-movement is a civic problem and in dealing with the propositions for the counter-movement people who are not skeptics are forced to reach down the bedrock issues of epistemology, identities, and other core work for politics.

Environmental Democracy Index Launch

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and pub...

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and public participation in environmental decision making. The launch event will explore key trends across 70 countries assessed and how these results can support efforts to strengthen environmental democracy around the world.

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and public participation in environmental decision making. The launch event will explore key trends across 70 countries assessed and how these results can support efforts to strengthen environmental democracy around the world.

eNCA | Environmental Lobbyists to Fight Fracking

Cape Town, September 10 -- Environmentalists say they will stop at nothing to prevent government from allowing hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in South Africa. The country's fuel and power needs have prompted government to consider the possibility of searching for natural gas in the fragile Karoo region. Anti-fracking lobbyists say they are collecting funds to take government to court, following Cabinet's decision to lift the moratorium on gas exploration last week.

Brian Lilley reports on American interests hiring a lobbyist that's getting face time with some of the most powerful people in the Trudeau government. WatchBrian's video for the details and to see why we should all be worried about our government giving an American lobbyist time to push an anti-Canadian, anti-industry and anti-jobs agenda. MORE http://www.therebel.media/killing_canada_s_energy_sector_liberals_give_face_time_to_u_s_environmental_lobbyist
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READ Ezra Levant's bestselling books debunking environmentalist propaganda against the energy industry:
Groundswell: The Case for Fracking
https://tinyurl.com/LevantGroundswell
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands
https://tinyurl.com/LevantEthicalOil

Oil Lobbyist Says Environmental Video Game is 'Ecoterrorism'

ThunderbirdStrike is an indie video game about saving the environment. But people paid by the oil lobbies are calling it ecoterrorism and a Republican politician wants to pull an art grant already awarded because he doesn't understand games or agree with the message personally. Kim and Dani break it down!
"Guess what: Some old people came out and claimed a video game promoted violence again. On Thursday, Minnesota state SenatorDavid Osmek said Thunderbird Strike—a video game where players control an Indigenous thunderbird and destroy pipelines while restoring the natural environment—is "an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds.""*
*Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwawq3/oil-lobbyists-thunderbird-strike-videogame-promotes-ecoterrorism
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Environment Ministry lobbying up 5000% since 2014! Here's why

SheilaGunn Reid reports that there's been a 5,000 per cent increase in lobbying of the EnvironmentMinistry since 2014 and explains why that is. MORE: http://www.therebel.media/environment_ministry_lobbying_up_5_000_since_2014_cronies_vie_for_access_to_trudeau_s_carbon_tax_slush_fund
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We demand the United Nations end their blacklist of Canadian journalists who don’t agree with their climate alarmism.
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"Environmental Radicals" Blamed For Wildfires

Conservatives love blaming liberals for their own mistakes. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: https://go.tyt.com/5fCWPku7FOY
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417489-zinke-blames-environmental-radicals-for-deadly-california-fires
"Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.
Days after touring the damage of the Camp fire, the deadliest in California’s history, Zinke went on Breitbart News Sunday and declared “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.
But minutes later, he put the blame squarely on environmentalists, contending that they stood in the way of clearing brush, doing prescribed burns and other actions."
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Trump Officially Nominates Coal Lobbyist To Head EPA

Andrew Wheeler, the acting director of the EPA, is set to be nominated as the permanent replacement for Scott Pruitt by Donald Trump. This means that the person in charge of environmental policy for the United States will be a man who has spent much of his career lobbying on behalf of coal companies and other polluters. We are witnessing the complete takeover of our federal government by industry insiders and those seeking to profit off their new positions, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
Link – https://thinkprogress.org/andrew-wheeler-trump-coal-lobbyist-epa-administrator-166365259370/
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What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM? What does ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM mean? ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM meaning - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM definition - ENVIRONMENTAL SKEPTICISM explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Environmental skepticism is the belief that claims by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated. The term is also applied to those who are critical of environmentalism in general. Environmental skepticism is closely linked with anti-environmentalism and climate change denial.
Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives. One of the focus themes in the environmental skeptics movement is the idea that environmentalism is a growing threat to social and economic progress and the civil liberties.
The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjorn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg approached environmental claims from a statistical and economic standpoint, and concluded that often the claims made by environmentalists were overstated. Lomborg argued, on the basis of cost–benefit analysis, that few environmentalist claims warranted serious concern. However, in 2010, Lomborg reversed his position and he now agrees with "tens of billions of dollars a year to be invested in tackling climate change" and declared global warming to be "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront". He summarized his position, saying "Global warming is real - it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world."
Environmentalist organizations and lobbies argue that such widespread skeptical doubts have not developed independently, but have been "encouraged by lobbying and PR campaigns financed by the polluting industries". Supporters of environmentalists argue that "skepticism" implies a form of denialism, and that, in the US particularly, "large donations to Senators and Congressmen and sponsored neoliberal think tanks and contrarian scientific research. ExxonMobil, the oil major, has been accused by Friends of the Earth and others of giving millions of dollars to a long list of think-tanks and lobbyists opposed to Kyoto."
A recent study from progressive authors about the environmental skepticism movement claim that the overwhelming majority of environmentally skeptical books published since the 1970s were either written or published by authors or institutions affiliated with right-wing think tanks. They "conclude that scepticism is a tactic of an elite-driven counter-movement designed to combat environmentalism, and that the successful use of this tactic has contributed to the weakening of US commitment to environmental protection." The skeptical environmental counter-movement is a civic problem and in dealing with the propositions for the counter-movement people who are not skeptics are forced to reach down the bedrock issues of epistemology, identities, and other core work for politics.

Environmental Democracy Index Launch

EDI is the first-ever interactive public platform that tracks countries’ progress in establishing national laws to promote transparency, accountability, and public participation in environmental decision making. The launch event will explore key trends across 70 countries assessed and how these results can support efforts to strengthen environmental democracy around the world.

Lobbying

Lobbying (also lobby) is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator's constituencies, meaning a voter or block of voters within his or her electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job (for instance, a CEO meeting with a representative about a project important to his/her company, or an activist meeting with his/her legislator in an unpaid capacity). Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential.